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A Horse is a Horse of Course
A Horse is a Horse of Course
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Challenge: Silhouettes VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
Location: Cowboy Church of Limestone County
Date: Jan 24, 2016
Aperture: 3.9
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/6400
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2016

 Focal Length: 56mm w/ 2.7 crop factor

I am a member of a cowboy church. The people there are real cowboys and really ride horses. So I decided to take advantage of this opportunity today and catch one of these beautiful animals standing behind the barn.

Minimal post enhancements including some cropping and exposure/tone shaping.

Statistics
Place: 57 out of 58
Avg (all users): 4.2381
Avg (commenters): 2.6667
Avg (participants): 4.1481
Avg (non-participants): 4.3056
Views since voting: 298
Views during voting: 136
Votes: 63
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/21/2016 05:41:28 PM
Already critiqued...
 02/01/2016 03:10:19 PM
I just felt I had to chime in here. If you'd shot this chestnut (not black) horse at just ISO 100-200, and possibly at a much smaller aperture, you probably would have got a decent silhouette. Wondering why you needed to shoot a horse that's just standing there at 1/6400 - hell I catch my broncs and bulls going full bore at 1/1250!)

The high ISO has given you masses of grain/noise in the image, which is a vote-killer on this site. Sharpening didn't help. Anyway I hope you'll take the very good advice offered here by myself and others, and perhaps get some practice in at silhouettes. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2016 07:27:49 PM
The horse has to much detail in it for me as a silhouette. The definition for silhouette is "the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light" and for me a sharp or outline has no detail and is just a that.......a shape that from that shape I can determine what it is.
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 01/29/2016 07:37:07 PM
This is a shot of a black horse and I can see lots of detail on the black horse (nostrils, eyes, two legs, etc) for me this image does not meet the silhouette challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2016 04:25:23 AM
But not a silhouette.
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 01/28/2016 03:46:10 AM
I am not voting in this challenge, but this is NOT a silhouette..... it is merely an under-exposed photo of a (otherwise lovely) horse photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2016 05:07:06 PM
This horse reminds me of Mr. Ed. He looks like he is about to say something important.
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